Boonton, other area schools, in the mix for division titles
The text arrived on Metin Ahmedi’s phone in the beginning of summer. It was from Sean Norton. It came out of nowhere. “Metin,” it said, “You are our quarterback.” Those...
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Hanover Park Captures Division Crown, Gets Revenge Over Pequannock
When the 2024 high school football schedule came out last spring, there was a buzz among Hanover Park’s football players. Hornets usually do buzz anyway, right? Coach Dan Fulton got...
West Morris’ Borgia Leads Area’s Underclass Recruits
Some people see West Morris’ Tommy Borgia as a wrestler in college. Not Dave McCarthy. The author of the highly acclaimed McCarthy Report sees the junior taking down quarterbacks, not...
Newton Stuns High Point, Ends Wildcats’ Undefeated Start
Newton’s 2024 campaign was on the brink. The curtain was coming down on the season. The Braves were lifeless in a coffin and High Point seemed to be shoveling one...
Sparta’s Brown one of Sussex’s top recruits, Plus News and...
Sparta is off to a 3-1 start and is one of the top contenders in both the SFC Patriot Red and North Jersey, Group III. One of the reasons for...
Chatham Stuns Mount Olive
The first major body blow of the 2024 high school was thrown Saturday afternoon. Chatham threw it. Mount Olive absorbed it. For sure, no one could have seen this one...
Joe Hofmann’s Football Notes #3: A look at area football...
Major League Baseball has the Yankees. The NBA has the Celtics. The NHL has the Canadiens. College Hoops has UCLA. Morris-Sussex County football has Madison, Randolph, Butler, Morristown, Morris Knolls,...
Lenape Valley puts it all together, surprises Newton
Why not us? That was the mantra at Lenape Valley all week – and there were plenty of reasons why the Patriots should not have beaten Newton leading up to...
Joe Hofmann’s Football Notes #2 McCarthy Report Players to Watch...
The SFC Liberty White is one of the most stacked leagues in all of New Jersey with sectional championship contenders all over the place. Randolph is one of those teams...
Pequannock runs all over Mountain Lakes
Pequannock and coach Mike Moschella will spend the coming days “cleaning up the little things.” And the big things? Well, the Golden Panthers can be mighty proud of the biggest...